Where does “Kartoffelchip” come from?
Kartoffelchip (German) comes from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā — dry.
Kartoffelchip (German): crisp; chip
Definitions
- crisp; chip
Ancestry of “Kartoffelchip”, step by step
Kartoffelchip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German kartoffel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 2 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 3 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 4 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 6 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via German Chip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Chip | chip |
| 2 | English | Chip | A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles |
| 3 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 4 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 5 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |